The UK Toy Discussion

Discussion in 'Transformers Toy Discussion' started by Boardwise, Feb 23, 2011.

  1. Fort Max

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    These were just the exclusives, both fan first Friday events were come to think of it. The actual new new good shit will be at some kind of virtual SDCC thing sometime this week.
     
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  2. Insurgent

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    Went to visit a friend yesterday. It was good to get out the house properly for a good while for the first time in months. Still no sign of my mpm04ko from China, and the tracking number has gone dead so I'll be contacting tfsafari about that. Waiting until August 4th for the fridge to come in stock so we have a fridge without internal lights until then, but at least it's keeping things cold. Guy did let us upgrade to a better model for free because of all the pissing about that's been going on so that's nice. Currently sat here trying to work, getting accosted by a large fly because the window is open and just feeling a real lack of energy or caring about anything today. It's hot, bright and shiny but at least I can look up and see Max and Scorponok looking over me from above. That does cheer me up a bit. But yeah, Monday blues are in full effect this morning.
     
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    Hasbro aren't doing anything for SDCC. Fan Friday was your blowout. They don't have anything listed and I'm sure it would be announced by now
     
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    Well, I've achieved my first pissed off twitter rant of the week already this morning, so the week's off to a flying start! I'll hopefully get the Skywarp/Thundercracker shipping notice sometime today though.
     
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    I don't know what to think about that, because even they must know almost everything in FF was spoiled weeks ahead. Plus there'll be expectation and reveals from so many others.

    They've really upped their social media game and this would be a backstep. But, well, Hasbro, so who knows...
     
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    Do you think Spinister will be (or even should be) redecoed/remoulded into Whirl?

    Just wondering what the likelihood of getting Whirl, Roadbuster, Scoop and Nightbeat again in Generations will be within Earthrise or Kingdom.
     
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    Just out if spite they will prob do a FF after the event so they dont have to pay to stream via the SDCC channel. With the aut/win toy period coming they will need something to draw in the Christmas crowd so hopefully wave 4 will be announced soon.
     
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    Right. He did have a very good 'smoking gun' re: the Minerva listing.

    God, that's annoying if that's true. Is there an official announcement kicking around somewhere?

    This pair!
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  9. Fort Max

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    Didn't know that but even if they're not doing anything as part of SDCC officially they will still have to announce the next wave of studio series soon at the very least. Blitzwing and Topspin et all are all due in the next month or two and there's nothing officially announced yet for after that.
     
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    And yet we have Exhaust and Greaspit IN OUR HANDS on the same day HasUS think they are revealing them so.........right hand/left hand really should have a bit of a talk about that.

    Plus we've seen Cyclonus (have we? It wasn't some dastardly 3P Upscale pulling ourcollective plonkers right?) And most of Thrust so we know some stuff has found its way into the wild and there has to be "official" word on them at some point.

    Right?

    I'm away for a snooze. It's a nice day and Postie is in no hurry.
     
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    Thrust is number 26 in the line according the official blurb posted for the coneheads set so he may well be yet another exclusive as that puts him in the middle of the listings with the rest of the exclusives. :/

    "25 Scorponok

    EXCLUSIVES:
    26 Thrust
    27 Seeker Elite Ramjet & Dirge
    28 ??
    29 Cybertronian Villians Skywarp & Thundercracker
    30 Cybertronian Villians Wingspan & Pounce
    31 Autobot Alliance Ironhide & Prowl
    32 ??
    33 ??

    WAVE THREE:
    34 Trailbreaker
    35 Fasttrack"
     
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    Balls, I was hoping he would be a wave 4 general release. Why are there so many exclusives happening? If there isn't a lot of them, it certainly feels like there is a lot of them over the past year or two. I hope Thrust is general release.
     
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    Seekers in the house, cracker is a gorgeous vibrant shade in person, pics really don't do him justice and make him look muted.
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    Personally I think he was swapped with megs as megs is 38, I think it was just meant to drop after scorpy and before the exclusives but due to wanting to keep the exclusive under their hats and so we didn't get seeker overload they moved him.
     
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    Snake Eyes is obviously taking his own sweet time (He may have infiltrated already, who would know) so I guess I won't be seeing him today.

    Back to snoozy snoozy sleepy snoozy snooze.
     
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    That would make a lot of sense.
     
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    I thought Dealer and the Seekers would have arrived alongside these but I'm guessing this week sometime (the joys of living in NI), and I've enough to handle as it is :D 

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    Ooooh! Take your bets. I'm guessing Selects don't count, as that's all your slots taken up by G2 Megatron, Hothouse, Bugbite, and Roritchi (and this 'TRA GEN LEAD RATCH'). Bluestreak seems like a good contender for one of them. Autobot clones would make sense, I guess. A fan vote winner pack featuring Runamuck AND Runabout, both in toy colours, would work.
     
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    @barry,
    Thanks! glad you like the pics :) 

    Not been a bad start to the week as I got my other Figuarts Stormtrooper in the post without a customs ransom! :) 

    On the flipside my Mum's state of mind is now getting ever more questionable as she set the smoke alarm off because she thought PUTTING A RICE CAKE IN THE FUCKING TOASTER was a good idea :mad: 

    Her excuse? "Dad said try it" :rolleyes: 

    Whether that was true or not the lack of any kind of sense, common or otherwise is now at a point where it's becoming potentially dangerous and getting either of them to address any type of failing is nigh impossible.

    I know some of it is due to their age (Dad's 81 and Mum's 78) but I feel that if they had more positive ways of keeping their mind active instead of the daily media brainwashing and wallowing in all the doom & gloom their overall thought process and frame of mind would be better so it'd make them think more sensibly.
     
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  19. Seeaich

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    It tickles me that Scorps is consistently Napoleon Syndromed by a slightly looming Max Avatar from intermediate headbot up!

    Tru dat! Seems CCD cards can only register it as a fairly wan baby blue whereas in-hand it's a gorgeous green-tinged Sea Blue that packs a real colour punch.
    A real pleasant surprise on landing, if I can't get G1 toy Metallic blue then this'll do!
    I know, right? Seems the least they could do for the Select pricepoint but, nope, they did less.

    Okay, so that blue means Netflix Prime is G1 toy colours deco but ends up with dark blue biceps and inner shoulders to boot (due to the mould design error Takara mentions and was on show in their ER Prime Test Shot gallery), I dunno about you Mr. @Napalm but I'll take it for that none-more-dark blue. Can't help twigging they're hiding his thighs, which as an eagle eyed fellow fan spotted were red in the render of truck mode, hmm?
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    Thumbnailed because I've gone BIG for those that want to zoom in for a closer look but I didn't want to blow out the thread width.
    Shame the eyes aren't yellow/gold on this OP either the rest of the apps seem killer though!
    Just check out Laserbeak's swanky toy stickers wing decoing - Swit-Swoo!
     
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    Amazed at how quick he arrived from the US! Looks amazing in hand!

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